| Aikido Nord du Lac is located at 2050 Spartan Drive, Mandeville, Louisiana. Our Dojo is open to anyone wishing to study Aikido, the martial art created by Morihei Ueshiba, referred to as O'Sensei by Aikido practitioners. Visitors are always welcome.
Aikido taught at our dojo is known as Iwama Style, because it was transmitted by O'Sensei to Morihiro Saito Sensei when O'Sensei was living in Iwama, Japan. Saito Sensei was the longest, direct student of O'Sensei, training with O'Sensei from 1946 until his death in 1969. Our goal is to faithfully teach the Aikido of O'Sensei as taught by Saito Sensei.
Our Dojo is affiliated with the Aikikai Foundation (Aikido World Headquarters) in Tokyo, Japan, through Aikido in Fredericksburg, our parent Dojo, which is a member of the Takemusu Aikido Association.
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| 2004 National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, DC |
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Our Sensei, John Driscoll, has studied and taught Japanese Martial Arts for more than 40 years. He is a Sandan (3rd Degree Black Belt) in Aikido, possesses Yudansha ranks (Black Belts) in Kodokan Judo and Isshin Ryu Karatedo, and practices Nakamura Ryu Battodo (the art of drawing and cutting with a sword). He is a retired Federal law enforcement officer with more than 35 years in law enforcement, who lived, trained and taught Japanese martial arts more than ten of those years in Asia.
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